Investigators make largest heroin bust in R.I. history, seizing $4.5 million...
By Gregory SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Law enforcement authorities announced Friday that they have made the largest heroin bust in Rhode Island history, seizing 19 kilograms, or 42 pounds, of heroin...
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Man charged in Central Falls Bank of America branch robbery
By Donita Naylor Central Falls police Leonard Hazard CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A Cross Street man was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree robbery after police identified him on surveillance...
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Reinvent RI: Even as URI increases spending on research, it trails other New...
By Paul Edward Parker PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even as the University of Rhode Island has tripled its spending on research over the last 25 years, its standing among New England state universities has...
View ArticleNational Grid: Nearly all customers will have power back by Friday night
By Richard C. DujardinCRANSTON, R.I. -- National Grid says it expects to restore electricity to nearly all of its Rhode Island customers by 11:45 p.m. Friday. The number of individual power failures...
View ArticleLandmark lays off some staff; chief medical officer steps down
By Felice FreyerWOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Landmark Medical Center laid off 31 people on Tuesday. They included members of management, administrative and patient care staffs. Spokesman Bill Fischer said the...
View ArticleNarragansett polling place moved because of Sandy
By News staffNARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - A polling place in one Rhode Island town has been moved because of damage from superstorm Sandy. The Secretary of State's office says Friday that the polling...
View ArticleChairman: Route 195 Commission must mull future with 38 Studios lawsuit...
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Colin P. Kane, chairman of the commission charged with developing former Route 195 land in Providence, said Friday the panel will have to consider whether it retains...
View ArticleChafee to stump for Obama in swing states this weekend
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee is headed to the swing states of Pennsylvania and Virginia this weekend to stump for President Obama, according to his office. Chafee departs...
View ArticleDrugs, cash found in apartment of arrested Woonsocket man
By Donita NaylorWOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Police said they found crack cocaine, marijuana, pills and cash when they executed a search warrant Friday for the apartment of Chyron Abney at 27 Olo St. Detective...
View ArticleChafee: $1 million in storm recovery loans for businesses
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Businesses that have been affected by superstorm Sandy will have access to $1 million in state emergency loans, Governor Chafee announced in a news release Friday....
View ArticleR.I. Health Department lifts some boil-water advisories
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Boil water advisories have been lifted for 6 of the 19 water systems for which the cautionary measure had been ordered, the Rhode Island Department of Health...
View ArticleDEM reopens Point Judith Pond to shellfishing at dawn Saturday
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Point Judith Pond will reopen to the harvest of shellfish at dawn on Saturday, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced Friday evening. The...
View ArticleTime Lapse: Watching the waters rise, where are we? When?
By News staffThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog only superficially resembles a scene from earlier this week: Thrill-seekers gawk at rising R.I. waters: where, when?...
View ArticleReport: Sox, Ortiz reach deal
By Bill CoreyThe Red Sox have re-signed their longtime DH and face of the franchise, David Ortiz. According to reports, the team and Ortiz have come to terms on a two-year contract worth an estimated...
View ArticleTranscript: Live chat from La Salle at Cranston East football
By Corey BourassaDivision I football: La Salle at Cranston East
View ArticleObama issues federal disaster declaration for RI
By Richard SalitPresident Obama on Saturday granted Rhode Island's request for a federal disaster declaration for Washington, Bristol, and Newport counties for damage from Superstorm Sandy. A day...
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Gallery: At Roy Carpenter's Beach, Sandy didn't dampen their spirits
By News staff The Providence Journal / Bob Thayer Roy Carpenter's Beach in South Kingstown is a place where Rhode Island families have gathered for many generations. Three of the 377 cottages at Roy...
View ArticleNational Grid in the 'homestretch' of wrapping up power outage repair work in RI
By Richard SalitPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- National Grid, which had announced that it expected to restore power to all remaining customers by Friday night, still was reporting 171 outages on Saturday, with...
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Providence neighborhood marches for Billy Taylor youth community center
By Richard Salit Providence Journal photo/ Andrew Dickerman Marchers walk from Martin Luther King Elementary School in Providence, along Camp Street, at a Peace Rally for Unity and Justice Saturday....
View ArticleTwin River union approves a new five-year contract
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The labor union representing workers at the Twin River slot parlor says it has ratified a new five-year contract. The contract, affecting more than 200 members of...
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